Jeremy Peters is a New York Times reporter who makes Maggie Haberman look like a liberal blogger. At this late date, he’s still writing stories like As Critics Assail Trump, His Supporters Dig In Deeper.
Peters interrupted his own vacation in Martha’s Vineyard to hang out with the Dersh, and for some reason, the Times published “Alan Dershowitz is enjoying this.” Here are most of Peters’ devastating questions:
You’re no stranger to defending people who are unpopular. Is this actually worse than when you defended O.J. Simpson?
You reject the label “Trump supporter,” don’t you?
And here, you’re defending Trump’s right to …
You enjoy being provocative and contrarian.
What’s it been like for you on the island? It seems like no one is throwing things at you. No one is hissing. It seems pretty civil. You’ve got a nice life here.
During Vietnam, in the 1970s, you had thousands of people dying every month, a president who had so clearly broken the law. How is that somehow not as bad today? Because people seem to think today it’s worse.
The reaction to him is seen as such an overreaction at times.
Ouch. Please, Stop the fight, he’s cut.
I’ll outsource commentary to Atrios.